Opinions & Analysis

Budget 2021: useful money and dangerous holes for the screen sector
The 2021-22 budget costs the tax rebate changes and provides useful piecemeal support to fix the Covid blow, but government…

Streaming Sector's War on Residual Incomes
Making a living is tough for creatives, but residuals can be a long term income source. Now the streaming companies…

Sometimes videogames are bad, and we should say it
Despite the report's limitations, Four Corners' recent inquiry into predatory monetisation in games is insightful. The videogame industry is going…

See What You Made Me Do? SBS tackles Domestic Abuse Crisis
Jess Hill's gripping and essential documentary series spearheads SBS programming during Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month

Can technology help us empathise?
Technology doesn't have to a barrier to human connection; it can be harnessed to combat everything from mental health struggles…

Most Anticipated Australian TV Drama 2021
From the ABC's Fires and The Newsreader to Stan's Bump and Eden, Foxtel's The End, SBS's New Gold Mountain and…

Feature documentary makers in desperate fight to protect funding
Under new reforms, producers cannot get a tax rebate for production budgets under $1 million. Recent films in this category…

What We're Watching: Quo Vadis, Aida?, Call My Agent! + Bill and Ted
This month, Artshub and Screenhub's picks range from silly to serious, with the critic's pick for Best Foreign Film at…

Netflix and HBO reveal surprising data in time of chaos
Netflix and Warner Media are trying to harness globalism, and discovering it is harder than they thought. Can Australian producers…

Are NFTs already on the nose?
Could the stratospheric rise of NFTs be on the turn? And has this tech folly damaged the value of the…